hey Ersterhernds
i have a imac g5 with a Display from Samsung LTM201M1-L01
my datasheet is different as yours
http://www.datasheet4u.com/datasheet/L/T/M/LTM201M1-L01_Samsung.pdf.html
can you help me with the pinout ? please
Kiwi said i should ask you
Hi blackiblax, the iMac you have is probably an Intel iMac, not a G5 as I have used. The A1145 was the final model to use the TMDS display. After that, Apple went to an LVDS panel in their iMac lineup, which is radically different technology than its predecessor.
Conversion from HDMI to LVDS is something not yet tried on this forum. It requires a custom-programmed LVDS converter that is specific to the panel it's plugging into. Not cheap either from what I know.
You can probably still mod that machine, but it will likely require purchasing a TMDS 20" panel like came in the A1145. Then only thing you'll have to be careful about is that the bolt patterns must match the current panel so it can be screwed in properly. These panels are available but good ones are tough to find.
The power supply and inverter in your machine can likely be re-used. See
this post for help with that; I'd do it that way if I ever did an iSight model again. I used a G4 LCD cable, but if I did it again would have used the existing cable soldered to an HDMI adapter like Kiwi did. In fact I was successful in doing that in my
A1076 build recently. Many thanks to Kiwi for pioneering this method. Its difficult to complete, but very clean.
Hope this helps, but unless you can find a way to convert LVDS to HDMI, you're out of luck with that LCD panel. Thus, nobody has yet attempted it on this forum. It'll be groundbreaking when someone does.
Cheers!
